An Education

An Education

An Education is a 2009 British coming-of-age drama film, based on an autobiographical article in Granta by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby, and stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David, the charming con man who seduces her. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards in 2009 including Best Picture and Best Actress for Carey Mulligan. An Education premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. It screened on 10 September 2009 at the Toronto International Film...
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quick facts
Release date:January 18, 2009
Directed by:Lone Scherfig
Rated:PG-13 (USA)
Runtime:95 Minutes
Producer:Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Editor:Barney Pilling
Music by:Paul Englishby
Cinematography:John de Borman
Screenplay by:Nick Hornby
Estimated budget:$7,500,000

Award-winners from An Education

Carey Mulligan
Carey Mulligan
Character:Jenny
Born:May 28, 1985

Cast of An Education

Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina
Jack
Born:May 24, 1953
Age:59
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Born:April 15, 1959
Age:53
Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard
David
Born:March 7, 1971
Age:41
Olivia Williams
Olivia Williams
Miss Stubbs
Born:July 26, 1968
Age:43
Dominic Cooper
Dominic Cooper
Danny
Born:June 2, 1978
Age:33
Rosamund Pike
Rosamund Pike
Helen
Born:January 28, 1979
Age:33

Honors and Awards

YearAward Won
2009 National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Carey Mulligan
2010 Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film, Lone Scherfig
2009 British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film, Carey Mulligan
2009 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic, Lone Scherfig
2010 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Sundance Film Festival Excellence in Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic, John de Borman
2010 London Critics Circle Film Award for Actress of the Year, Carey Mulligan
2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2010 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Film Artist, Carey Mulligan
2010 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer, Carey Mulligan
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YearAward Nomination
2009 Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama, Sony Pictures Classics
2009 Satellite Award for Best Director, Lone Scherfig
2009 Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Nick Hornby
2010 Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film, Lone Scherfig
2009 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Picture
2009 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, Alfred Molina
2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, Carey Mulligan
2010 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture, Carey Mulligan
2010 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture, Dominic Cooper
2010 Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, Amanda Posey
2009 Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, Carey Mulligan
2009 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Alfred Molina
2009 BAFTA Award for Best Film, Finola Dwyer
2009 BAFTA Award for Best British Film, Finola Dwyer
2009 BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Lone Scherfig
2009 BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted, Nick Hornby
2009 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Carey Mulligan
2009 BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Alfred Molina
2009 BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, Odile Dicks-Mireaux
2009 BAFTA Award for Best Makeup, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
2009 BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Nick Hornby
2009 Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, Carey Mulligan
2009 Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Nick Hornby
2009 Academy Award for Best Picture, Finola Dwyer
2010 People´s Choice Award for Best European Film, Lone Scherfig
2009 Bristish Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Alfred Molina
2009 British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film
2009 British Independent Film Award for Best Director of a British Independent Film, Lone Scherfig
2009 British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay, Nick Hornby
2009 British Independent Filma Award for Best Supporting Actress, Rosamund Pike
2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2010 Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2010 Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Nick Hornby
2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Nick Hornby
2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer, Carey Mulligan
2010 Empire Award for Best Film
2010 Empire Award for Best Newcomer, Carey Mulligan
2010 Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor, Alfred Molina
2010 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Film Artist, Carey Mulligan
2010 Empire Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2010 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2010 London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actress of the Year, Carey Mulligan
2009 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, Alfred Molina
2009 Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2010 London Film Critics Circle Award for British Film of the Year
2010 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing - Foreign Feature, Glenn Freemantle
2009 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Nick Hornby
2010 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Foreign Feature Film
2009 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, Carey Mulligan
2009 National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2010 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Feature Film
2010 London Critics Circle Film Award for Actress of the Year, Carey Mulligan
2009 Sundance Film Festival Excellence in Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic, John de Borman
2010 London Film Critics Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year, Nick Hornby
2010 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic, Lone Scherfig
2010 London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year, Rosamund Pike
2010 London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year, Olivia Williams
2010 European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Film, Lone Scherfig
2010 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress, Carey Mulligan
2009 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic, Lone Scherfig
2010 London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actor of the Year, Alfred Molina
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Film director of An Education

Lone Scherfig
Lone Scherfig
Born: May 2, 1959
Age: 52

Lone Scherfig is a Danish film director who has been involved with the Dogme 95 movement and who has been widely critically acclaimed for several of her movies, including the Oscar-nominated film An Education. She has made a total of seven movies, five of which have found wide distributional...
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Filming locations for An Education

London
London

London /ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its...
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